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Chapter102. Can't Wake Up

January 6th.

Grimshaw finally came to the ward with his wife, carrying a fruit basket to see Lavinia.

His wife had a pointed chin and looked somewhat acrid and mean. She already had thin hair, and after straightening it, her hair looked even thinner. She wore particularly bright lipstick and her face was painted very white, giving off a somewhat eerie feeling.

She forced a smile at Lavinia and said, "Mom, I've been too busy lately and couldn't get away. Let me peel an apple for you."

Grimshaw also said, "As soon as we were done with our busy schedule, we came right over. We've been concerned about your health."

"Alright, alright, I'm fine here, with your sister taking care of me."

Lavinia lay in the hospital bed, smiling at Grimshaw with a face full of wrinkles.

Even the nurse on the side couldn't bear to watch, and after taking the body data, left the ward with an embarrassed look on her face.

Sigh.

What kind of situation is this?

The medical expenses were all paid by the daughter.

But it's not appreciated.

It seems that all the affection is reserved for the son alone.

...

On the same afternoon.

Ellie entered that ward again, looking at the window she had seen many times, she was slightly absent-minded.

"I'll come to keep you company; your grandmother will be fine with your uncle," Jennifer said to Ellie.

Ellie shook her head at her, "No need, SuSan is with me."

Although Jennifer was still worried, since Ellie had said so, she went to Lavinia's side.

This time during chemotherapy.

Ellie never woke up.

SuSan looked at the girl on the hospital bed with her eyes tightly closed. Her face was very pale, her body was thin and fragile like white paper, and her lips were also pale, resembling a delicate and broken doll.

SuSan worriedly stayed with her the whole night.

It wasn't until the next day that Ellie woke up.

She opened her eyes, looked at Chloe in front of her, and then at SuSan.

"Ellie, SuSan said that this time you fell into a coma directly," said Chloe.

"Mm," Ellie looked at the ceiling, then said, "I've already woken up."

Chloe seemed to want to say something but stopped.

Ellie was very aware of her own body.

She knew she might not wake up from her bed at any time.

Maybe next time, maybe the time after that.

Or maybe not long from now.

She thought of that face again.

It was still those eyes.

But the emotions in his eyes that day were so complex that she couldn't understand.

His words were clearly spoken in a tone of despair, telling her to give up on him.

Before her brain could react, her body had already reacted.

Tears slid down Ellie's cheeks, and she closed her eyes.

Her mind was filled with his words, "Give up on me."

And his final evasive gaze.

"Why are you crying?" Chloe hurriedly took paper from the table and gently wiped away her tears.

SuSan also somewhat panicked, grabbing her hand, and said, "Ellie, we're all here, did you feel wronged? Tell us, tell us."

Ellie just shook her head, "I'm fine, just my eyes are a bit sour, and I can't help but want to cry."

Chloe and SuSan didn't believe this explanation.

But since Ellie didn't want to talk about it, they didn't ask further.

SuSan said, "You two girls chat first, what does Ellie want to eat? SuSan will make it for you."

"I want to eat stewed chicken with chestnuts."

She always loved to order this dish when she went out with William.

SuSan said, "Alright, alright, I'll go make it for you right now."

Chloe held her in her arms and said, "Little one, don't be sad, I'm always here."

Ellie leaned on her shoulder, just repeating one sentence: "Just a little bit, it was just a little bit."

She was so close to pulling him out of the abyss.

Chloe held her face and said, "What do you mean just a little bit?"

"Chloe, do you remember my deskmate?"

Chloe remembered the teenager with cold eyebrows and eyes, who only showed tenderness when looking at Ellie. She said, "I remember, I remember, tell me, what happened?"

After Ellie finished speaking, Chloe also felt somewhat complicated in her heart.

She believed that the teenager was a very good young man.

Perhaps the two were not meant to be together.

Ellie was a slow warmer, and it might take a long time to open up to someone.

Chloe understood the importance of the teenager to her.

But she also felt deeply helpless.

After Ellie finished speaking and sorted out her emotions, she said to Chloe, "I'm fine now."

Chloe watched her staring at the stewed chicken with chestnuts, feeling somewhat unspeakably complicated in her heart.

Ellie took a few sips and smiled at SuSan, she said, "SuSan's soup is really delicious."

SuSan gently rubbed her head and said, "As long as Ellie likes it."

...

William sat at the dining table, looking at the happy family of three, the fatherly love and filial piety, he felt deeply disgusted.

Ashley picked up a chopstick of food and put it in William's bowl, saying, "Brother, eat some vegetables."

William looked up at him and said coldly, "Don't use your own chopsticks to pick food for others, it's dirty." After he finished speaking, he poured the food onto the table.

Ashley held the chopsticks and said, "I'm sorry, brother, I didn't mean to."

Philip slammed his chopsticks, looked at William, and said, "You're getting more and more disrespectful, how do you speak to your brother? You're so old, don't you know how to let your younger brother?"

William looked up at him, his eyes devoid of any emotion, and he spoke word for word, "I'm disrespectful because I lost my mother when I was young, and then my father when I grew up."

He added, "He's not my brother, I won't let him an inch, I'm not as kind-hearted as you, treating other people's children as treasures."

"Damn it."

Scarlett pulled Philip's sleeve and said, "Don't be so fierce, William didn't mean it, and you'll scare Ashley like this."

Didn't mean it?

Tsk.

He meant it.

William finished eating the last bit on his plate slowly and then stood up, saying to Philip, "I've done what you said, and I hope you remember your promise."

Why does he think he should be grateful for paving the way for others?

Dream on.

The father and son don't look much alike, William takes after Scarlett more, only his features are a bit more sharp.

William confronted Philip for a while.

Philip was pulled to sit down by Scarlett, and William went upstairs directly.

...

In the evening.

William was playing games in his room when he heard a knock on the door.

He cautiously opened the door and saw Ashley at the door, he said, "What do you want?"

Ashley was holding his favorite doll in his arms, he looked up at William and said, "Brother, I'm scared, can I sleep with you?"

William looked down at him and said, "Go to your mom."

After he finished speaking, he closed the door.

He doesn't dislike Ashley.

But every time he sees him, it reminds him that he is superfluous.

William saw a note being slipped in.

He picked it up and took a look.

The words on it were very childish: Brother, I'm sorry, I didn't know brother had a cleanliness issue, and I got brother scolded by dad, it's Ashley's fault, don't be angry.

William held the paper, somewhat dazed.

He's just a child, what's his fault?

But what's his fault?